adidas produces glow-in-the-dark gear

I’m a big fan of smart fabrics and intelligent clothing making it to market, which is another chance to introduce these types of concepts to consumers. Before you know it, ...

Sabine Seymour publishes a new book

Posted by on Sep 16, 2010 in Book Reviews | No Comments

I met with Sabine Seymour at the Smart Fabrics conference in Miami this year where she told me about a sequel to her highly acclaimed book ‘Fashionable Technology‘ (Springer 2008) ...

Woven electronics for commercialization

Posted by on Sep 13, 2010 in eTextiles, New technologies | No Comments

“Researchers have been experimenting with “intelligent” textiles for quite some time by integrating standard electronic components. However, for the most part the electronic parts have only been attached to or ...

Wearable technology for runners

Posted by on Sep 8, 2010 in Sports Tech | No Comments

Continuing on the theme of wearable technology for runners, I was recently at the San Francisco marathon (no, I didn’t run it, but supported a friend who did) and noticed ...

Nikes tracks your marathon progress

Posted by on Sep 7, 2010 in Conceptual | No Comments

I’ve always been a fan of the combination of sports, technology and footwear. There is so much potential to integrate technology in meaningful and useful ways in sports gear. Designer ...